Reykjavík’s currently the overcast city we know and love, but there’s no harsh wind making it harder to walk from gallery to museum to venue. So no excuses! Here’s our roundup of everything happening ...
Nearly 6,000 cars in Iceland still have faulty airbags despite being recalled, reports RÚV. Thousands of car owners have not responded to the recall issued by the Icelandic Housing and Construction ...
Welcome to The Haul, where we give you a peek into our shopping bag (or the shopping bag of someone far more interesting than us) and an idea of what’s worth browsing and buying in Reykjavík these ...
At around 10:00 on the morning of Monday, September 29, PLAY, the low-fare airline that had operated out of Iceland since June 24, 2021, announced that it was bankrupt. The announcement went on to say ...
What is the Reykjavik Grapevine? Your essential guide to life, travel and entertainment in Iceland. The Reykavík Grapevine is Iceland's biggest, best and most widely read English-language publication.
None of this was supposed to happen. GusGus was just supposed to be a short film, not a band. And even when it became a band, and remained a band, it—in some ways—still felt like more than a band.
Iceland’s Minister of Education and Children’s Affairs, Ásthildur Lóa Þórsdóttir, resigned earlier this year amidst a scandal that made headlines here in Iceland and notably around the entire world.
May was unusually warm this year, with temperatures measuring higher than June in some parts of the country, the Icelandic Met Office reports. The monthly average temperature for June was below ...
“The population of Iceland is about 70,000, but in view of its pasture and arable lands, its valuable mines, its splendid fisheries, and its unsurpassed hydraulic power, it could, when fully developed ...
The story of the Samherji case is not only the largest bribery scandal in Icelandic history, but also a global tale of corporate malfeasance, political corruption, journalistic tenacity, and artistic ...
“What’s that stuff wrapped in plastic?” asked my friend visiting from Canada as we wandered around Bónus. “Is it fish?” I muttered something vague in response, about dried fish, about Icelanders ...
The project is described as very extensive by Icelandic standards. The new road section is about 19 kilometres long, in addition to nine kilometres of side roads and four two-lane bridges. These ...